Newbie Illustrator question

Louis · 07-04-2006, 07:12 AM

I haven't played with Illustrator in ages and I forgot how to do a simple task:

I want to "distort" a word into the shape of an arch. Couldn't find how to do it...

Louis · 07-04-2006, 09:46 AM

Forget it, I found it.

cimmeron · 07-04-2006, 10:31 AM

Louis · 07-04-2006, 03:35 PM

Nope, can't get it to work properly...

cimmeron · 07-04-2006, 07:18 PM

I rarely use Illustrator - but in PS there's a little distort pallette you can use to do it.

Louis · 07-05-2006, 04:26 AM

Thanks Cim, I'll have another look at PhotoShop...

JuggoPop · 07-05-2006, 12:25 PM

Your wanting text to follow a path... right?

Louis · 07-06-2006, 05:07 AM

Yes, I just need to make the bloody path. It's been so long since I played in Illustrator... Awesome tool but very complex.

I'll find a way.

I'm trying to "design" a nameplate for my dog's dogpalace (if you check my latest blog entry "Stupid Pet Projects", you'll understand why is a dog palace and not a doghouse

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atagirl4 · 07-11-2006, 06:57 AM

to make type on a path type out the word with the type tool.
then use the pen tool to create a path, then just copy type on the path
with the type path tool. you may need to adjust the type to center it,
hope this helps